Carpetblogger

A former US-based political consultant, I flunked out of democracy promotion school in the former Soviet Union because I wasn't cynical enough.

I'm married to the Producer, who mostly lives in Istanbul but can't stay away from Baku. We have the carpetdogs to keep us company. They didn't like Baku, but they liked Kyiv more than Istanbul. On this, we disagree.

There's good reason to believe I was a Mongol in a former life. I have little interest in parts of the world where there were no Mongols. Furthermore, what I'd really like to do is form a horde and scream across the steppe on horseback, pillaging as I go.

In my free time -- which is all the time -- I write, blog, complain, involve myself in consumer disputes, eat, drink, analyze data, rearrange my carpets, talk to my dogs and plot revenge.